Truck.



PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904.

H. WEBER.

TRUCK.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR.24.1904.

no MODEL.

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PATENT ()FFICE.

HERMAN WEBER, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,014, dated October 11, 1904:.

Application filed March 24, 1904.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN WEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Truck, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trucks.

The object of the invention is to provide a truck adapted more particularly for use in moving automobiles and other wheeled vehicles in which such vehicles may be readily turned or moved in any direction, either backward, forward, or sidewise, and in which the employment of jacks or other lifting mechanism to position the vehicle upon the truck is obviated.

With theabove and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists, generally stated, in a truck comprising wheeled bolsters, drop frame-bars connecting the bolsters, and a load-supporting platform carried by the bars between the bolsters.

The invention consists, further, in a truck comprising a pair of wheeled bolsters, drop frame-bars connecting the bolsters, a loadsupporting platform carried by the bars, and a skid coacting with the platform.

The invention consists, further, in a truck comprising a pair of wheeled bolsters, drop frame-bars connecting the bolsters, a dished load supporting platform carried by the frame-bars, and a skid pivotally connected with one of the frame-bars.

The invention consists, further, in a truck comprising a pair of wheeled bolsters, drop frame-bars connecting the bolsters, a dished load supporting platform carried by the frame-bars, and a wedge-shaped skid pivotally connected with one of the frame-bars.

The invention consists, further, in a truck 7 comprising a pair of bolsters, caster-wheels combined therewith, drop frame-bars connecting the bolsters, a dished load-supporting platform carried by the frame-bars, and a wedge-shaped skid connected with one of the I frame-bars and provided on its under side Serial No. 199,776. (No model.)

construction and combination of parts of a truck, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l is aview in perspective of a truck constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a detached detail View of the skid viewed from its under side.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate a pair of bolsters, which may be made of any suitable material, preferably of metal, the edges of each of which arereinforced by a downward extending flange 3. Each of these bolsters carries at each end a twowheeled caster 4, which will be of the character usually employed on heavy furniture to facilitate its turning or moving.

The bolsters are connected and braced by a pair of drop frame-bars 5, which may be secured to the bolsters in any preferred manner and be constructed of flat metal bars or the like, the bases 6 of the bends being disposed adjacent to the floor or the ground in order to facilitate the positioning of the vehicle upon the structure. Secured to the bases of the frame-bars is a load-supporting platform 7, preferably of a sheet of metal dished longitudinally in order to assist in holding of the vehicle in position thereon.

To obviate the employment of jacks or other lifting mechanisms in positioning the vehicle upon the load-supporting platform, a skid 8 is employed, the same being wedge-shaped and having its rear end rounded at 9 to prevent interference with the base of the frame-bar to which it is connected, the connection between the skid and the frame-bar being efiected through the medium of a pair of arms 10, secured on the opposite sides of the skid and having extensions 13, which extend through openings 14 in the side members of one of the frame-bars.

To hold the structure against moving when a vehicle is being positioned thereon, the under side of the skid is provided with a plurality of prongs or spurs 15, which will sink into the floor or ground, and thus hold the structure from movement until the vehicle is properly positioned thereon.

In use one of these trucks may be placed under each wheel of the vehicle, and when this number is employed the heaviest automobile may be readily turned or moved backward, forward, or laterally by a single attendant.

Instead of using four of the trucks, but two may be used, and these may be placed under the front or back wheels of the vehicle, as preferred, and. when thus positioned the vehicle may be readily turned, 'but not moved laterally. I

By the employment of the casters the truck may be moved in a circle, so that where the space is limited its use will be found of the highest advantage.

WVhile the arrangement of the truck herein shown has been found thoroughly effective in use, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the exact arrangement of the parts, as these may be varied or wholly changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A truck comprising Wheeled bolsters, drop frame-bars connecting the bolsters, and a load-supporting platform carried by the bars between the bolsters.

2. A truck comprising a pair of wheeled bolsters, drop frame-bars connecting the bolsters, a load-supporting platform carried by the bars, and a skid coacting with the platform.

3. A truck comprising a pairof Wheeled bolsters, drop frame-bars connecting the bolsters, a dished load-supporting platform carried by the frame-bars, and a skid pivotally connected with one of the frame-bars.

4. A truck comprising a pair of wheeled bolsters, drop frame-bars connecting thebolsters, a dished load-supporting platform carried by the frame-bars, and a wedge-shaped skid pivotally connected with one of the frame-bars.

5. A truck comprising a pair of bolsters, caster-wheels combined therewith, drop framebars connecting the bolsters, a dished loadsupporting platform carried by the framebars, and a Wedge-shaped skid connected with one of the frame-bars and provided on its under side withspurs.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own 1 have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HERMAN WEBER. l/Vitnesses:

.H. A. DAVIDSON, Geo. W. BROWN. 

